🇲🇽 SANTA MARIA la RIBERA, CDMX | Mexico City's Next BIG THING? | 4K CITY WALKAROUND | Mexico Travel

🇲🇽 SANTA MARIA LA RIBERA, MEXICO CITY - Welcome to Part 30 of my 2022 Mexico Travel series! We’re coming to the end and we’re back in Ciudad de México (CDMX) for a few days, this time exploring the area of Santa Maria la Ribera in a 4K city walkaround style. Santa Maria is a lesser-known area to the west of Centro Historico. It’s a really cool area with amazing architecture and history, museums, fountains, greenery, restaurants and cafes, and most of all, locals dancing near the ginormous kiosco on a Sunday! A real sense of community! Is this Mexico City's next big thing? We also visit the nearby Biblioteca Vasconcelos - the site of my first ever Mexico video - four years ago!

It’s very common for immigrants from the US who are moving to Mexico, or Digital Nomads, to stay in areas like Roma due to the population of English speakers, supposed safety and so on. But the fact is, that area has become more of an exclave or colony for those looking for a more affordable way of life. In my view, there are many who are simply there for that and make no effort to integrate, learn and speak Spanish, or change their way of life to ‘be more Mexican’.

Let’s forget about Expats. This video is about highlighting different areas of the city to stay in if you are visiting Mexico City for a short time. Narvarte, Escandón, Portales, Doctores, Santa Maria la Ribera, Guerrero, and Iztapalapa are all areas I have stayed in for extended periods. I eat where the locals eat and do not speak English on a daily basis. It’s not that difficult. The issues of ‘gentrification’ or ‘colonialism’ are larger topics!

If you’re thinking of becoming expats in Mexico or moving to Mexico, you don’t have to move to San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Condesa or listen to the outdated ‘is Mexico safe’ rhetoric. Think outside the box and don’t be a sheep. What is Northern Mexico JAJA

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TIMESTAMPS -
00:00 - Welcome to Santa Maria la Ribera/Kiosco
04:30 - Dancing Abuelas
08:46 - Community
13:15 - Back to the Square
17:00 - Recommended Areas
21:00 - Busy Streets
25:05 - Biblioteca Vasconcelos

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